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nice story on about the work You Yes You! is doing for incarcerated dads - featuring the amazing <3
Put your iPhone 5 in rice and leave for three days for a very expensive risotto.
What kind of obgyn office plays Nickelback on the radio??? I'm already pregnant, I don't want to end up with TWINSSS
on dad-as-author: a look at the work of Teddy Wayne, Keith Gessen, and the oddly small umbrella of dad-lit for
- blessed be for the edits
. wrote a vital book full of sharp ideas about the very old problem of the mother-shaped hole. It’s out today in the US and I wrote about it for
"I know that your toddler screamed for half an hour at top volume this morning because his pants were “too panty,” which caused you to miss your thirteen-minute day-care drop-off slot—but try to relax" ah yes
I don't hate Monopoly because it's dull, I hate it because all the property was bought up in the '70s
My husband and I are having a baby, bc we've gotten really good at building tiny ships inside bottles and figured this was the next step
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oh yeah! I loved doing this one - romper.com/p/a-guided-med - but anecdote-wise, I'll never forget having to tell Hillary Clinton to hold on while I fetched my screaming toddler lollies during an early-pandemic interview; she WAS NOT FAZED: "you do what you need to do!" albany, NY
In the interests of full disclosure, my third arm is sponsored by Monsanto
public radio: incredible reporting, thoughtful convos and super indie music finds
public radio on sundays: nine hours of scottish fugue followed by the pan pipe hour and then some heavily mic'd lip moistening
why is this I do wonder
Prediction: George Zimmerman eventually dies in a hostile confrontation with a can opener and stubborn can of beans that suddenly escalates.
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then we came to the end is in my all-time top 3, hilarious and perfect example of people finding petty ways to fight back against the degradation of work
Aaah, this artisanal bone broth is far superior to the instant stuff peddled by Big Bone Broth
Why Jill Abramson was fired Part 5: Insisted on holding onto subway pole from all the way back against the door, in full train car
Unsure why body butter is considered a safe impersonal gift: "hi, touch yourself all over with this, from me."
To make at-home espresso: insert pod, press button, discard pod, discard cup of coffee, discard Keurig, purchase stovetop percolator u sissy
Discovering you can breastfeed is like realizing your Pottery Barn mortar and pestle has a purpose other than storing AT&T bills
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the candles are killing them someone please help
The fancy soap in our work bathroom is "sea salt" scented, bringing us full circle back to peeing in the ocean.
As an Australian, New York for me is like a dark, overcast Neverland where you never have to grow skin cancer.
what is brill about this book is you might think you're immune to influencers but shows how they're driving ideas about performing motherhood - a bit like the blue turtleneck in Devil Wears Prada: those shitty norms + ideals were picked out for you!
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Trying to assess my feelings about waking up as a published author but I can't! Momfluenced is out!
Encountered drunk guy projectile vomiting on metronorth and poop smeared on subway seat. Isn't it too early for Christmas decorations?
Forget "double," "queen," or "king-size," just tell me if your bed is a rectangle, square or circle and I'll know how rich you are.
Obama: I believe everyone can go from being a Springsteen lyric to being a John Cougar Melloncamp lyric
Writer or comedian? Depends on whether you like to see people's disappointed faces or just feel them
By 2040, scientists estimate that 80% of the world's ski movies will have disappeared.
No, I can't come to your baby shower because I am BUSY HOLDING UP A MIRROR TO SOCIETY
Looking for a situation to deploy my cable-knit heel-less plié stocking socks
Super fun time at tonight! all fab 🐳
It's been far too long since we've had a good romance novel about an eyeless recluse with a secret wife in the attic.
The dirty plastic bag blew into my leg as I pedaled down Steinway, and stayed with me past Queensboro. "I'll never let you go," it whispered
I would never want to be a member of a club that would have me as a member *cough*Costco*cough*
The best revenge is living well, or, if you're in The Corrs, playing a tinwhistle like you jus' don' care.
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"A kind of Internet Speed Test for our souls." lithub.com/the-anne-carso
Pessimist: "It's too late for me to make an experimental '70s film with an all-scat soundtrack"
Each night when the sun sets and the public toilets are locked, the city whispers to all who listen, "I will always be your toilet."
#432parkavenue boasts the highest/bougiest bathtubs, as if bajillionaires don't peel their skin off at night and sleep under wet cheesecloth
Shoutout to all the ladies who class this world up every day by decanting takeout into china serving dishes #InternationalWomensDay
"This day is looking up!" - something folksy I like to say when I purchase underpants at lunch and can finally change out of my bike shorts
That was some of the most/hardest I've ever gone for the US, other than in the World Series, where I always go for the US
I'm disappointed by the Serial finale, mostly because Sarah Koenig missed an opportunity to make it a gritty British cop show from the start
felt too embarrassed to say at the time but my first thought on seeing this was "Pedro can rescue that little bag and keep it safe”
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It’s so windy at SFO today, nobody wants to take off, except this bag… #outtahere #byebyebaggy #AtmosphericRiver #BayArea
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This grown-adult lit lacks character development. The main guy starts out as an adult, is still an adult at the end, only with sadder pants.
Yelled at a girl trying to get on train before anyone got off, then tripped up the stairs #killingit
Tomorrow! BACKFAT w @jkpayne2 + the cup of life!
You should get free admission if you go to the Museum of Sex heavily pregnant: "I believe this has already been taken care of."
If Bernie Sanders could get elected, we could have a livable min wage AND wash tub basses in every city square #wouldvoteforBernie
Year-round hot cross buns, because no one tells me when I can and can't transubstantiate
A festival dress is any dress you wear while drinking warm vodka from a Poland Springs bottle
"Fuck this noise, Australia has fucking platypuses" - what I honestly think when I'm on the brink here in the U.S.
I am accepting applications for friends that already live in my neighborhood
There could be like six Quantum Leap episodes just about ferries and airplanes set in 2014 for Scott Bakula to escape from
Other reasons Jill Abramson was fired: Said "addicting" when she meant "addictive"
"Darling, I'm popping out for some cardamom - should be back in five years tops after turning the entire world upside down." - spice traders
To bond with your baby, do skin-to-skin* touch ASAP after birth.
*If British, give them a pewter tea service and insist they call you "Sir."